It's impossible to always get across what I'm trying to say, but, if I just stay honest, then I'm not going to look back on any of these interviews and wonder what I was trying to do or be.

It's a funny thing: You want so badly for people to see what you do - you're proud of it - and I like the effect that movies have on people. But the attention can also make me uncomfortable.

My mother found a letter, though, that I wrote her when I was 8 years old and it was a letter where I asked if she could take me to the orphanage because I would like to adopt a little baby.

One of the greatest struggles of becoming an adult is figuring out what you want to do and what makes you happy. The courageous thing is to stick with it and see it through and see if you were correct.

Why is everything so easy for me?

Things don't happen for no reason.

There's nothing weak about being subject to something.

There's no reason to regret anything. Regret is a waste.

There's nothing stronger than a woman protecting her child

You can't really be too calculated about everything in life.

You know what? I don't care. I'm going to do what I want to do.

The point is to stumble upon things in your life, and not plan them out.

There are things that directors know about me that people shouldn't know.

Sometimes you have to be selfish to get what you want and move forward in life.

Why would I want anything that's private to become entertainment for other people?

When actresses play actresses, or actors play actors, they have to find another level.

You're literally being an actor - you're pretending - and that's not what I like to do.

When I dress up, I have to have a lot of help. I was in a T-shirt until a few minutes ago.

Times have changed, but people don't change. That's why ON THE ROAD has never been irrelevant.

This wasn't a choice between you and Jacob. It was a choice between who I am and who I should be.

Sincerity seems to be a problem today. I'd rather be true and hated than be false and fool people.

You can make a movie that's more focused on the jokes, but Young Adult was not that kind of movie.

Sometimes your characters in films do things that you wouldn't do. You're not playing yourself all the time.

Women inevitably have to work a little bit harder to be heard. Hollywood is disgustingly sexist. It's crazy.